• Essays

    Parties Gone Wrong: A Beloved Trope in Crime Fiction

    "There’s not a gathering in thrillers that doesn’t end up in total and utter carnage"

    November 30, 2023  By Harriet Tyce
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    "The Mousetrap": Still Going Strong After 28,000 Performances

    "[I]t does what theater is meant to do: engage our emotions, not just our little gray cells"

    November 28, 2023  By Maya Corrigan
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    Learning to Be Lost (and Found) in Fiction and in Life

    Amy Hagstrom on her experiences in search-and-rescue and writing a wilderness thriller

    November 22, 2023  By Amy Hagstrom
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    Queen of the Supermarket

    Michael Gonzales remembers the long cultural heyday of the supermarket and why his family gladly worshipped there.

    November 21, 2023  By Michael Gonzales
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    Why New Zealand Noir?

    Nalini Singh makes the case for New Zealand's place atop the world of mystery and thrillers.

    November 21, 2023  By Nalini Singh
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    There’s Nothing Better Than A Good Bad Guy

    Why villains must be the protagonists of their own story.

    November 20, 2023  By Tim Maleeny
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    From Academic to Crime Writer

    H.N. Hirsch on crafting a mystery series featuring a gay detective after 40+ years as a professor

    November 17, 2023  By H. N. Hirsch
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    1987: The Thrilling-est Year in Hollywood History

    Michael Ledwidge makes the case for 1987 as the crowning achievement of Hollywood movie-making.

    November 16, 2023  By Michael Ledwidge
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    Thrillers Where Natural Disaster Looms Large

    "[I]n terms of sheer drama and deadliness Nature outdoes even the brassiest dame..."

    November 16, 2023  By Gwen Florio
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    An Argument for the Unintentional Villain

    Or, how looking at accidental bad guys helps us understand our own risk of entering into moral grey areas.

    November 15, 2023  By Lauren Nossett
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